DOBBY Selfie-Drone unbox
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2016
- Unboxing the cool new DOBBY selfie drone from ZeroTech.com
WARNING WARNING - ZeroTech now no longer offer warranty if you buy the DOBBY from some Chinese resellers.. frankly, I would avoid buying the DOBBY as its almost impossible to find out if they will offer warranty on the product you buy.
*** Its important to realize the DOBBY is not a drone you fly-around with. its a flying shot-maker which are best for grabbing shots on the go when you don't want a big load. the DOBBY are best for dolly-shots, truck-shots and crane-shot. it sucks at panning shots. and the max range is roughly 30m as its limited by your Phones WiFi range. - Наука та технологія
Always learning something new from you. 😱 Thanks
Thank you :-)
👍 Very nice detailed review. This palm size quad has very cool advance feature. I think this quad worth the money.
Well for sure once the price goes down a bit, I think this thing should be selling in the 299 range :-)
Great presentation dude
hi.. can u make video comparison between dobby and yuneec breeze.. by the way, what is the flight time for both
Hey Arman,
Breeze have better video, Im posting a comparison shortly. ;-)
Breeze, 10+ minutes flight time
Dobby 5 minute flight time
*** these are my actual times not advertised times.
i'm planning on buying this little pocket drone, but i keep hearing conflicting answers.. people have been telling me that the camera end is actually the rear and that if you try to fly it using the camera the controls are reversed.. so are the controls backwards? or can the drone be used with the camera end being used as the front?
Yes there is a option to reverse the orientation of the aircraft, but people are right, by default the DOBBY is made to fly with the camera facing you.
Nice and well explained, Thx a lot
Thank you Wilson
hi Bo. that camera is a fix lens Wright? no tilt on it?
You can tilt the camera in increments, you need to pick that increment when you turn on the EIS ....
funny approach ;) I also have the GX8 - great cam - but I dont have it on a copter :)
I was also interested in the align copter - but read too many bad comments about it.
so now I will continue to watch this vid...
You dodged a bullet with the 480, I had 3 flight controllers die on me. now I rewired the quad and am flying a SuperX FC. works great.
LOL, well don't normally fly the GX8, but the GH was on the tripod and 85 is too light to balance the gimbal so the GX8 was the one.
what I really wanted to show was how far this have gotten, 5 years ago we would have thought the video from the DOBBY was fantastic, and we were flying moster size rigs to get video back then. now we have things like the inspire with X5 camera which pretty much do the job of my 480 most of the time. and I think in a couple years we will get rock solid 4K video from devices looking a lot like the DOBBY. just a matter of time.
But Im glad you and I had the fun we had flying "stuff" we build years ago.. that was good times.
what's your thoughts on the cicada drone there is also a v2 I hope coming out
I have not flown the cicada, (the government version is kinda really cool) but it looks to have the basic features, including indoor flying without GPS.
Great video and very informative!
Thank you sir.
Bo, just wondering what problems you have had with the Align Flight Controllers?
3 controllers dying on me is a bit too much. and several friends who were flying the 480 and 680 (I think that was the number) had bizarre crashes, like flyaway at 50feet that resembled a RTH event. I love the 480 its a good airframe but I'm afraid of the electronics.
Thanks Bo.
What is that y6 you showed in the beginning of the video??
LOL that was a old Walkera Scorpion Y6, I ran a bigger battery on it and put a FPV camera on it.. a bunch of years ago, it was a fun ride, but by todays standards micro-copters are far better flying.
Very Informative thanks Bo.
thank you Peter :-)
USB T-C?
not a custom plug, it is usb C
Yup, I was completely ignorant about this, never seen a USB C before.
+Bo well everything will will have usb c pretty soon including macs ....except the iphone :P
plot Twist, everithing starts to get Apple lightning port
Zark Oner nope ....the plot twist is ...u can't use lightning headphones on apple laptops because they use usbc
Good one...!
Thank you sir. :)
Hi Bo, another great review video. What is the specs on your modified Align ML480?
Hey Andy, its pretty much a stock 480, however rewired to avoid the crappy wires (hard single lead) used by Align, also yanked out the crap FC and replaced it with a SuperX, the superX have not "smart-features" but are super smooth in manual and have a nice solid hold in GPS hold mode if you need to take a break from flying.
+Bo Lorentzen Thx Bo. Great looking platform for the GH series camera. Are the motors stocked as well?
Stock motors, the motors and props actually perform great.
Note the stock gimbal sucks its completely useless for serious video production, I think this is a TP500 gimbal.
Basically the general airframe is awesome, Ive added FPV camera on the top for flying long-range and there is 360 deg of freedom for the camera operator if the legs are retracted, however I mostly fly legs down and use the camera in follow-mode.
The gimbal controller is the center-stage controller. so basically.. the "stuff" on the quad is worth a lot more than the quad hardware ha ha.
WOW Andy, thats is one seriously sweet rig.
Hi, is there a way to film in 4k instead of 1080p with this one ? Thx
They say you can, but I have not found a way on mine, maybe in the future with a firmware update
Thank you !
I have another question, I actually have 5 active flights, but I can't see the "novice mode" or the "subbersaut" thingy, do I have to fly more to unclock it ? Also I can't change the preview settings in the app. Do you know if it is normal ?
Hmmm dont have the current firmware.. i have to check on this one in the office. :-)
I'll wait for your answer, thanks
Nice review. I like the drone but it's cost, lack of remote tilt, the framing in EIS, runtime, and battery price are keeping me away at the moment.
great review and cool drone! btw: the Wingsland S6 might be similar. I think both are using the new Snapdragon flight chipset.
Yeah very much looking forward to seeing the WingsLand. I really think this is probably just the first of a whole wave of pocket size consumer drones. and likely in a few years we will be using these for broadcast news video.
I agree and I think with Snapdragon flight there will be many small, cheap and good drones. But I am not so sure about EIS video quality because the Bebop drone uses it for around 2 years now and quality was only slightly better in second version and is still better than the one from Dobby I think. Maybe a micro gimbal is a better solution like one from the Vantage Robotics Snap combined with some little EIS.
Yeah you are probably right, I could envision maybe a single axis gimbal managing say the roll. and letting EIS manage the pitch / pan stability. I think in the long run we will see amazing EIS, but we are not there yet.
Looking forward to seeing the SNAP, its really one of the most interesting new drones right now. and I love the gimbal setup. but for the average consumer gimbals is more moving parts.. for me its better 4K video.
Whats the cost of the Dobby? and where can you purchase one?
about $375 at the moment
www.hobbywow.com/en-zerotech-dobby-pocket-selfie-drone-fpv-with-4k-hd-camera-gps-mini-rc-quadcopter-p241762.htm
id say the 720p observation was incorrect. looks like 1080p to me on my one especially when i compare to my phones 1080p camera. maybe because you are using EIS. with it disabled. definitely 1080p
Andy, I love to agree with you, but I just can't, shot the same video with and without EIS, sitting on a box and with my iPhone next to it, when examining the files there is a significant lack of details int he DOBBY files.
*I do realize that the DOBBY files are saved as 1080p pixel dimension files. they are just lacking details.
you need a really calm day with no wind to use the video un-stabilized yes :) and when eis is turned on you lose quality because the EIS will blur the image when the quad jerks (which is does quite a lot) cheers
Totally agree. Im still really liking the DOBBY issues and all. its simply a very agreeable little quad.
same here I think i will be using a lot cheers
I didn't know you had a Align 480.
Isn't ashamed Align stopped development on the 470, 480 and 690? After all these R&D time, they come with a great base and then pulled out.
Next step was to build a full controller like Yuneec did and they would have to best product for serious flyers.
Its a shame, the hardware was great, only their flight-controller was spectacularly crappy. it actually worked perfect when it worked, very good flying experience, but I had 3 controllers die on me so its simply not safe.
They should have kept the airframe and done a rev-2 electronics.
The frame was awesome. Actually the design of the frame was a copy of a German company who did it originally for military use. Very nice, and then all these Chines companies copied it.
There was another great design from Germany that it was a Hexa on frame shaped like "A". But they got patent on that design.
Man, you got allot of toys and money spent on them
Yeah agree, that frame was (and is) awesome, good stability and strength, unfortunately Align have never been known for their electronics, and still are not making good electronics. but their T-rex frames are awesome.
YEAH I know that H-A frame hexa and octo, those are a great design, and very interesting for traveling.
LOL on the upside, my copter investments have pretty much paid for themselves ;-)
....That is design and marketing brilliance ; The Dobby. Looks like him if a quad could.
Hello Bo! You are forgetting that the Parrot Bebop 1 and 2 also have GPS, sonar, optical flow sensor, much better stabilized "1080" video, lot more flight time and similar price, size, but what make the Bebops much better is the modular design and easy access to all components for diy repairs and with all the parts available , upgrades and mods, make it a better "bang for your buck", without going to the larger gimbaled machines. just my thoughts.. anyway... great unboxing! :) You should review the new Bebop! Parrot ecoute moi!! :)
YES you are right. and I should have brought that up how the Bebop already do 1080p video and a lot better than the DOBBY. The Bebop have always been one of my favorite concepts, strangely I have never gotten my hands on one, may be time to look at the latest version of the Bebop.
Hi Bo.
You Danes and us Yorkshire folk appear to share some common expressions, "Shite" being a great example 😆
This little guy seems really well thought out and put together but price wise a little steep when you consider its limited functionality.
As always a really great and concise review, Bo.
Regards.
NIDGE.
LOL guess I communicated clearly then ha ha.
Yeah its put together surprisingly well, but I think the most interesting thing is that there are at least 3-4 more micro-video-quads on the way based on the same snap-dragon platform, we will see a lot of these before next summer.
nice video Bo
Thank you Todd.
Did you compare it to Parrots Bebop? I think the image quality needs a lot of improvement! Jello... uuuhg.
Yes I asked the same! Bebops 2 and 3 are much better machines! They are even water resistant! and from personal experience somewhat waterproofed! :D mine still works great! and no jello
I should have compared to the Bebop, which do a better job at the digital stabilization. unfortunately I never got my hands on one. seems I should go make friends at the CES booth in january. :-)
I only know the Bebop2 what do you mean with 3?
the Bebop is a bit bigger, but if you take of the props (wich is fast and easy) it's more than ok for the backpack. it works quite well, the app evolved (it wasnt that good in the beginning) and now they even made a version2 in the beginning of 2016? didnt see much improvement here (larger battery, better cam?) but I still have the old one and I wanna change their stupid batteries so I can use standard 3cell 1500 or 1800mah on it. the stock batteries charge long, are inconsistent in their flying times...
well, quality of course is a bit behind current possibilities.
Another really interesting smaller but phantom like one would be the Mi Drone from Xiaomi - still waiting for the 4k model to hit the market.
greetings,
RCSchim
Sorry, my confusion, I wanted to say Bebop 1 and 2.
I agree with your assessment about, "drones," going this direction. Zerotech is on the edge of something big here. Parrot could also be there if they scale down the Bebop a bit. Pocket-sized camera equipped quads are bound to happen. When the really cool aerial selfies start popping up on social media more and more, people are going to want in on the action. As consumer friendly as the DJI Phantom is, I still feel it is too intimidating, and large, for many. Something this size, and easy to use, will start being adopted more and more. At that point, it is like a dam washing away. Market momentum will put more and more, "drones" in people's hands, literally. Eventually, even the most anti-drone lawmakers will have to concede to the market, and the technology will become nearly as commonplace as cellphones.
Do you recommend the pocket drone?
Hey Ulf, do you mean the product named "Pocket Drone" I reviewed it about 2 years ago and it was terrible. :-)
the DOBBY is very cool and flies good, however the video is not as good as the Breeze and the breeze flies twice as long its battery.
+Bo Lorentzen No, i meant the Dobby drone. I looked around and it seems that the Breeze is not available yet. I like the thought of having one with me with the phone as control though.
the Dobby is quite cool, the video is a bit weak, but everything in life is a compromise, I have used it a couple times for selfie style shots, basically my Dobby is in my backpack.
here is some unedited content from the Dobby
ua-cam.com/video/7ndfR5D4V5Q/v-deo.html
Hi, at 3.15 us Brits love the same terminology you use for saying Crap! well done on vids, am considering ths dobby, but 300 pounds is bit steep.
These thing will be coming down in price quickly, this niche will be full of competitors over the next year.
👍 ✌
CAn't wait to see it in action. And see the results.
Kept skipping ahead looking for some valuable content...never found it.
Hey Mark, there were a couple shots from the DOBBY in the video, somewhat unstable. here are a couple clips from the other day. ua-cam.com/video/7ndfR5D4V5Q/v-deo.html
Bo Lorentzen Ty!
That is a cool little bird. It would be super if it came with a monitor/controller watch in 5.8GHz video. The price would probably be prohibitive. Great review. ;-)
Yeah a more refined controller would make me like it a lot more.
But then it was not designed for folks like us.
Maybe you can use one of those small cheap gaming controllers for smartphones, like the ipega gamepad. you probably just need to assign the keys controls to it´s functions...
Thats a really good idea. hmm. still have to deal with the longer range issue, I would like to have range out to say 150m.. not that I ever think I will fly a LOS drone that far, but.
:) to extend the range on the Bebop without the skycontroller you can use the Z160 Portable Wifi repeater, maybe it works with DOBBY too.
Hmmm thats a very good idea. thinking I need to try that :-)
is it usb type c ?
Yes it is, I gave the wrong information because Ive never seen a type C before.
oh i see haha
Funky looking drone! It would be great if it had OIS.
Yeah this thing really would rock with intelligent orientation
It's not a custom usb it's called usb c
Louis ? You are right. I did not realize that, first time Ive seen a USB C pretty cool plug actually, but I can't figure out why they did not simply use a regular mini-USB plug so it would work with any cable. :-)
Bo Lorentzen Because its faster charge and file transfer
Louis ? Yes.. but its not doing anything, to connect to the DOBBY you need a REGULAR USB cable, the USB C is only for the charger :-)
So comparing with the Breeze, this is almost the same with the Breeze having more features on the app with better quality video.
Correct, side by side the breeze have far better looking video (a little over sat but nothing you can't fix in post)
Price - Dobby
Size - Dobby
Feature set - Breeze
Video quality - Breeze
Flight time - Breeze
And 2 hours to charge for 5 minutes of video!!! That's shocking, your battery bank will be empty just charging a couple.
;-) yeah its pretty slow charging. though charging batteries from battery banks is never a great proposition. I think the most interesting thing is that is possible.
they want 60 for the batteries, but the breeze batteries are less so Im guessing these will hit 30+ in the future, then I would get a handful for a trip and charge at night.
I believe cost is going to make this DOA. Hardcore enthusiasts will pass and the "Selfie Set" will balk at the price. I see this as a teen market product with too much expensive tech on board to turn a profit at the marketable price of $99.00 at the local Best Buy. Unfortunately most bleeding edge products fail, but set the stage for those that follow to refine and successfully monetize the category.
Yup, tend to agree with you.. its frustrating for people who actually know how to fly as we like more control. yet I think a number of early adopters will jump on this for selfies.
Totally agree, this is a teaser, we will see a lot more of these at lower price points.
Plug is not custom, it's USB C ;)
Yup, I finally figured that out. now I can't figure out why they did not also use the same USB-C for the plug on the aircraft.. go figure. :-)
usb c noe custom
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the plug looks type c
I think you are right about the USB C plug. its the first one I have seen, hollow.
Bo. Du er for sej. Har du Instagram
that is usb type c
Yeah, sorry, did not think that far at the moment.
No broblem 😎
Nice review.
Looks like a flying casket :(
LOL scale it p and there may be a interesting business opportunity.